Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: "Development and validation of a complementary map to enhance the existing 1998 to 2008 Abbreviated Injury Scale map | Palmer et al. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2011 19 29 http content 19 1 29 SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF Et emergency medicine ORIGINAL RESEARCH Open Access Development and validation of a complementary map to enhance the existing 1998 to 2008 Abbreviated Injury Scale map Cameron S Palmer1 Melanie Franklyn2 Christine Read-Allsopp3 Susan McLellan4 and Louise E Niggemeyer5 6 Abstract Introduction Many trauma registries have used the Abbreviated Injury Scale 1990 Revision Update 98 AIS98 to classify injuries. In the current AIS version Abbreviated Injury Scale 2005 Update 2008 - AIS08 injury classification and specificity differ substantially from AIS98 and the mapping tools provided in the AIS08 dictionary are incomplete. As a result data from different AIS versions cannot currently be compared. The aim of this study was to develop an additional AIS98 to AIS08 mapping tool to complement the current AIS dictionary map and then to evaluate the completed map produced by combining these two maps using double-coded data. The value of additional information provided by free text descriptions accompanying assigned codes was also assessed. Methods Using a modified Delphi process a panel of expert AIS coders established plausible AIS08 equivalents for the 153 AIS98 codes which currently have no AIS08 map. A series of major trauma patients whose injuries had been double-coded in AIS98 and AIS08 was used to assess the maps both of the AIS datasets had already been mapped to another AIS version using the AIS dictionary maps. Following application of the completed enhanced map with or without free text evaluation up to six AIS codes were available for each injury. Datasets were assessed for agreement in injury severity measures and the relative performances of the maps in accurately describing the trauma population were evaluated. Results The double-coded injuries sustained by 109 patients were used to assess the maps. For data .
